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' E. A. DOBBINS.

CASH INDGATOR AND RECORDER.

No. 456,287. 13atented July 2l, 1891.

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E. A. DOBBINS. CASH INDIGATOR AND RECORDER.

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No. 456,287. Patented July 21,1891.

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(No Model.) 5 Sheets-Sheet 3. E. A. DOBBINS. CASH INDICATOR AND RECORDER.

No. 456,287. Patented July 21, 1891.

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CASH INDICATOR AND RECORDER.

Patented July 2l, 1891.

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. E. A. DOBBINS.

CASH INDICATOR AND REGORDER;

No. 456,287. 4Patented July 21, 1891.

UNITED STATES gPATENT Ormea CASH INDICATOR AND RECORDER.

.SPECIFICATION forming part of Lette-1 s Patent No. 456,287, dated July 21,1891.

Application filed January 19, 1891. Serial No. 378.211. (No model.)

4To all 1071/0772, it may con/cern..-

Be it known that I, EDWIN A. DOBBINS, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Cash Indicators and Recorders, of which the following is a specification. l

The object of this invention is to indicate the' amount of money received or of a sale that is made and at the same time identify in connection with the same transaction the individual conducting it, and also to print a record of such money received or sale made, so that the amount of receipts and sales can be computed at any time afterward; also, to sound a bell or whistle simultaneously with the other acts performed by the machine.

I make use of progressively-revolvin g number-drumsgeared to and revolving'with shafts, upon each of which is a drum with a spiral row of pins, and the number levers act as escapements in connection with these pins, so that when a number-lever is depressed it is thrown into the path ofthe corresponding pin and arrests the pin and the number-drum with the corresponding number exposed to view, and this key-lever and its connection locks the parts so that they cannot turn until another lever is depressed, andin so doing the first lever is liberated and the second keylever acts as an escapement to stop the revolution of the drum at the proper point, and I provide for automatically winding up the spring mechanism that is employed for turning the number-drums, and this is effected by the opening and shutting of the cash-drawer, and the printing mechanism is brought into action just before the cash drawer is closed, and the device that holds the cash-drawer in position is so constructed that the drawer has to be pushed inwardly and beyond its normal position, in order to be held in place, thus insuring the entire movements of the apparatus that are actuated by the movement of the drawer.

In the drawings, Figure lis an elevation of the apparatus and a section of the base and the cash-drawer. Fig. 2 is a front elevation without the inclosing case. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view at the line 5c, Fig. l, and Figfl is a sectional plan view of theback end of the cash-drawer near the line 1/ y.

Fig. 5 is a partial section of the base at the line .e s, Figs. 3 and 4. Fig. 6 is a similarsection at the line e", Figs. El and t. Fig. 7 is an elevation, in larger size, edgewise of the typewheels. Fig. S is a similar View endwise of the axis of the type-wheels, and Fig. 9 is a diagram showing the relative positions of the finger-pieces. Fig. 10 isa partial plan view, in larger size, showing portions ofthe key-levers, rocker-frame, and connected parts. Fig. ll is an elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 10; and Fig. l2 is a diagrammatic side view, the base being in section at .2', Fig. lO, and one key-lever depressed.

The base of the apparatus is of any suitable size and shape. It is represented with a bottom board A', top board or base A, back B, and sides I3', and the cash-drawer C is within the base and preferably fitted to roll upon the rollers 2. The hook a is pivoted to the back end of the cash-drawer C, and there is a latch Z) pivoted at 3 and having a foot which limits the swinging movement of the latch in either direction, as indicated in Fig. 5, and the ends of the latch and of the hook are inclined, and when the cash-drawer is pushed into place the hook a presses against the upper end of the latch I) and the latter swings backward upon the pivot until the vfoot of the latch arrests it-s further movement. Then the hook a slides over the latch and catches behind it and the cash-drawer and the hook move forward and the latch l) swings upon its pivot until its foot arrests the further movement ol' the parts. The object in thus providing for the cash-drawer to be pushed in farther than itsnormal position before it can be latched and secured is to provide for a full and uniform stroke ofthe winding-levers and at the same time leave them in a free swinging position without contact with. the drawer, so that the power of the springs may not be restrained nor the prompt startingl of the wheels be interfered with when the keylever is depressed, and to insure the full movement of the parts hereinafter described.

The whole of the indicating apparatus is to be inelosed in a suitable case resting on the top board or base A and properly secured thereto. This case is indicated at D, and in such case there is-to be a window in line with the numbers thatare tobe observed upon the IOO number-drums E F G. The window is so placed that only one of the tigures on each drum-wheel can be seen at atime. The number-drum E is to indicate dollars, t-he number-drum F dimes, and the number-drum G cents, and, if desired, the apparatus can be extended to contain another drum to indicate ten dollars up to one hundred.

The number-dre ms E F G are upon a crossshaft 4, that is supported by the side frames H, which side frames are to be of any suitable character, and each drum is provided with a gear-wheel 5, gearing to a similar wheel 6 upon a shaft 7, and these gear-wheels 6 gear into the wheels 8 upon the stationary cross-shaft 9, and these gears 5, (i, and S are to be the same size, so that they will rotate in unison, and connected to each gear-wheel 8 is a pin-drum l, around which there are ten pins at equal distances apart peripherally and placed at equal distances apart longitudinally, so as to form a single spiral or screw shape around the pin-drum, and there are three sets of key-levers K, one set for each pin-drum, and the pins and the levers are in line with each other, and these keylevers are supported by and moved upon the pivot pin or axis c, that is supported by suitable brackets c upon the base-plate A.

As all the key-levers are alike and their mode of operation corresponds, it is only neeessary to describe one of such key-levers and the parts that act therewith, and I remark that in Fig. 3 the key-levers in one section are partly broken olif and removed to show the parts that are beneath the saine.

The end of each key-lever adjacent to its pin eis formed with a step or offset, the top edge of whichis preferably in the same plane with a line drawn horizontally through the center ot the pivot on which the key-lever works, which in the normal position of the key represented in Fig. l is out of the path of the end ot' the pin c. Hence the pin-drum and the wheels can revolve freely until one of the pins is arrested by the keylever that is depressed, and the numbers are so applied upon the number-drums E F G that when one key is depressed the proper number upon the drum will be opposite the window at the time the pin is stopped by its key-lever, and when the key-lever is raised the parts can resume their rotation until stopped by another key-lever, and it is to be borne in mind that a spring is made use of to rotate the number-drums and the wheels therewith connected and the pin-drums, and this spring is wound up from time to time when the drawer is pushed in, so that the power employed to rotate the n timber-drums and gearing is constantly renewed.

The keys are actuated by any suitable range of finger-pieces projecting above the case-inclosure D. I have represented such Fingerpieces at J, and they should be marked with the numbers corresponding to the numbers upon the respective drums E F G, and they .the locking-tumblers L swing.

can be arranged in two banks at successively higher elevations to the middle,as seen in Fig. 9, to be convenient of access. The rod l0 passes across above the front ends of the keylevers K,and said rod is supported by the brackets l1, and it forms the pivot upon which I There is a locking-tumbler for each set of key-levers and the locking-tumblers are similar, and the ends of the key-levers adjacent to the locking-tuniblers are beveled, as shown in Fig. 1, and the faces of the locking-tumblers adjacent to the ends of the key-levers are grooved horizontally,with the beveled rib l2 between the two grooves, and this beveled rib forms a latch.

In the normal positions the ends of the keylevers are above this beveled rib, and when one key-lever is depressed its end swings back the locking-tumbler, and the locking-tumbler then moves in the opposite direction, and the bevel-rib l2 passes above the depressed key and forms a latch to hold down such depressed key, and as there is not any means of access lto the locking-tumbler except by .one of the key-levers the depressed key-lever remains in its depressed and latched condition until another key-lever is depressed to swing' back the locking-tumbler and liberate the iirst keylever, which rises by the superior weight of the back end ot the key-lever and by the action of the pin-drum, and the second depressed key-lever is held down until another key is depressed. Hence it will be apparent that the number-drums E F G remain in a tixed position between one key-depression and the next, and the number-drum that is allowed to turn by the depression ot' one key unlatching the depressed key, as described, will be arrested by the depressed key when its pin c comes in contact with said key and the proper number upon the drum will be exposed at the window and so remain. This is the case with all of the number-drums, and hence if the proper dime-number is exposed it is only necessary to depress one of the centkeys to bring the drum G around to position, and in the normal position the drum E will remain atnaught (O) when the sale is less than one dollar, and this drum is held in that position by the key with the naught (O) marked upon it remaining depressed, and this condition can be availed of with either ot' the drums E, F, or G, it only being necessary to act upon the other drums when the proper number of either of the drums is exposed at the window.

Beneath each group of key-levers is a rocket'- 'trame M, pivoted at 13, and the front end of each rocker-frame is adjacent to the under side of the key-levers, so that when either key-lever is depressed this rocker-frame Mis swung downwardly at the front end. At the rear end et each rocker-frame is a lifterscrew 14, acting against an arm N on a rockshatt O, and there is a pendent linger O passing from the rock-shaft down through the IIG IZO

base A and having a projection at the lower end beneath the iiange of the hook a, and there are as many arms N as there are rockerframes M, so that when either rocker-frame M is depressed suiciently to release a previously-depressed key-lever, thus permitting the Wheels to revolve to a new position, the rock-shaft O is moved and the hook a lifted by the pendent finger O to unlateh the drawer and allow the same to open by rolling upon the rollers 2, the bottom of the drawer having an inclination, so that such drawer opens partly by gravity when unhooked. Vhen one keyis depressed, it'acts upon the rockerlever, and the key must be fully depressed, otherwise the drawer will not open, and this movement is always more than suliieient to unlatch the previous key that had been held down by the tumbler, so that such key will be restored to a normal position.

In connection with the rocking frame of each range of key-levers and the swinging locking-tumblers L,I make use of a trippingfoot so arranged that when any key-lever is depressed far enough to cause the rocking 'frame to perform its duty of releasingr the drawer a second key-lever cannot be depressed until after the drawer has been closed and latched. In carrying out this feature the locking-tumbler L is provided with a weighted arm 15 and a spring 16, if neces-A sary, which tend to keep the rib l2 toward the beveled ends of the keys.

Upon suitable standards 7L an axis t is supported, and upon this axis is a lock 7e, having two arms, one of which is adjacent to the arm 17 on the locking-tumbler L, and the other arm carries, a trippingfoot n, that is pivoted to said arm, and this tripping-foot is in the form of the bent lever, the nearly horizontal arm of which passes below the front end of the rocker-frame M, and the nearly vertical arm of the tripping-foot rests at its lower end upon the flanged stop 0. The parts in their normal condition occupy the positions shown in Fig. 1, and when one key is depressed it swings the rocker-frame M, unlatching the drawer, and simultaneously the rockerframe M strikes the horizontal arm of the tripping-foot, and swinging the same upon its pivot upon the lock the lower end of the tripping-foot is moved away from the stopiiange o and over a recess in the base A, so that the lock 7o swings upon its axis t', and one arm of the lock 7c comes nearly horizontally in front of the arm 17 upon the locking-tu n1- bler L. ing-tumbler and prevent any moveinen t of any other key until the lock k is swung back out of the way of the arm 17. This operation is effected by a crank-arm p upon the axis t', which is moved, as next described, by the action of the cash-drawer as it is pushed fully into its place, and when this crank-arm j) is drawn back the arm of the lock 7c is swung upwardly from the arm' 17 and the trippingfoot/fa is lifted'bodily by the lock, and the Hence this lock will hold said locklower end ol' the tripping-foot hanging below the pivotal connection of the tripping-foot to the lock causes such tripping-foot to return to its normal position. (Shown in. Fig. 1.)

. Any suitable connection may be made use of between the crank-arms p and the'eashdrawer, whereby the backward movement of the cash-drawer may draw the crank-arm p backwardly, but I prefer to use the hooked rod r, that slides through a support r and is projected forwardly by a spring r2, and below the stationary axis 1S is a hanging lever s, to which the back end of the hooked rod yr is adjustably connected, preferably by the rod passing through an opening in the hanging' lever and having a nut upon the screwed rear end of the hooked rod r, and the back surface of the drawer acts against the lower end of this hanging lever s, and there is preferably a shield or metal plate lf) upon the drawer to prevent ,the same being worn by contact therewith of the lower end of this hangin g lever.

As before mentioned, the drawer has to be pushed in beyond its normal position to be latched, and in so doing the hooked rod o* is moved. the proper distance to restore the tripping-foot toits normal position, and as the drawer comes outwardly to its normal position the lower end of the hanging lever s can move forward by the action of the spring fr? sufficiently for the hooked end of the rod r to be free of the crank-pin upon the arm p. llence the parts are in the proper position for allowing the lock 7e and tripping-foot to be free for moving the next time one of the keys is depressed.

It is to be understood thata lock, trippingfoot, hooked rod, hanging lever, and their connecting parts are provided with each section of the key-levers.

I will now describe the means made-use of for applying spring-power to the numberdrums and pin-drums for rotating the same and the means for winding up the springs progressively and automatically.

A spring-barrel P is provided for each set of gearing, and the axis of the barrel is supported and held 'from rotating by any suitable device, such as the brackets P, and from the spring-barrel passes a cord or band 20 to the pulley Q, surrounding the shaft 7. This pulley is loose; but adjacent to it is a disk R and ratchet-and-pawl connection between the disk and pulley, such ratehet-a-nd-pawl connection being of ordinary character, similar to that employed between the axle and hub in mowing-machine wheels, and each disk R is connected with one of the wheels G, either by both being fastened directly to the shaft 7 or by tubular sleeves around such shaft 7, which tubularsleeves are representedin Fig. 3, and are for a purpose hereinafter described. Hence as the cord or band 2l is drawn off the pulley Q the cord or band 2O is wound on the same and the spring in the barrel P is wound u p, and the ratchet of the pulley runs over IOS IZO

the pawl on the disk R,while the gear-wheels remain stationary; but when the cord or band 2l is slackened the spring in the barrel l), acting through the cord or band 20, rotates the pulley Q and the disk R and the gearwheels therewith connected. The windinglevers S are pivoted at 22 upon the frame, and they pass down through the base A and are acted upon by the drawer as it is pushed in, there being` rollers 23 in the levers S, against which the projections 2t upon the drawer act, and upon each winding-lever is a pulley S, around which the band 2l passes, and the lower end of the band 2l is wound around and then fastened to the rocker-sleeve T upon a stationary shaft, there beinga rocker-sleeve to each key-section, and upon the rocker-sleeve is an arm and spring t in contact with an adjustable screw u, and upon the rocker-sleeve is a pawl o, adjacent to the gear-wheel S. The screw u is so adjusted against the springt that the pawlo in its normal position is out of contact with the wheel 8, and it is to be understood that as the drawer is moved forward and the winding-lever .S- swings forward at its lower end the springbarrel acts to rotate the gearing, and at the same time tends to wind the cord 2l upon the pulley Q, and when the reverse motion takes place and the drawer is pushed into its position it acts upon the winding-lever S, and by pulling upon the cord 2l the pawl 'n is lirst thrown down into contact with the wheel S, holding the train of gearing, and the further movement-s draw the cord 2l olf of the pulley Q, rotating the same and causingits ratchet-teeth to move over the spring-pawl of the disk R, and thus take up the proper number of teeth upon that ratchet-disk and simultaneously winding up the cord 2O upon the pulley Q and applying the necessary tension to the spring in the barrel I. Vhen the spring-power is released, it is necessary to control the movement of the wheels, so that too great momentum will not be attained, especially when the wheels have a considerable part of an entire revolution to make. lVith that end in viewI make use of the cushioning-cylinder U, in which is a piston U', preferably provided with a cup-leather and a rod extending to the lower end ot' the winding-lever, there being one of these cushioning-cylinders to each winding-lever, and the piston acting against t-he air confined in the cylinder regulates the speed of movement in opening the drawer and in turning the wheels and number-drums, so that concussion is prevented. It is, however, advantageous to slot the cylinder U near the open end, so

that the piston may not pass out of the cylinder when the cash-drawer is pushed toits extreme backward movement, and the air will not be cushioned until after the parts return to the normal position, and there should be an air-valve at 24 to admit air freely into the cushioning-cylinder to prevent resistance as the cash-drawer is pushed back to place, and an opening is provided in the cylinder which may have an adj Listing-screw to regulate the resistance and speed of movement of the piston and parts connected therewith.

The receipts are registered by a printing operation, and with this object in view as many type-wheels V are provided as there are number-dru ms, and one of these typewheels is connected with the shaft 7, another with the sleeve f, surrounding that shaft, and the third with an exterior sleeve g, as indicated in Fig. 3, so that each type-wheel will be united to its proper gear-wheel to turn with the allotted number-drum, and there is an impression-roller 25 upon a lever W, pivoted at q, and having an arm XV', which impression-roller is actuated at the proper time, and there is an inking-roll 2G and a contactwheel 27, that presses the strip of paper against the impression-roll 25 and causes the paper to move when the roll is turned, and there is a stationary pawl 2S and a pawl 29 on the lever \V, that turn the impression-roll progressively, as in printing-telegraphs, and' the impression-roll 25 hangs out of contact with the type-wheels until the lever lV is actuated, and this is effected immediately before the drawer is closed by the lever XV', pivoted on the stud or axis lS, and having a roller at the lower end adjacent toabracket-piece yw on the drawer O, the outer end of this bracket-piece being higher than the inner portion, so that as the drawer is pushed in the bracket-piece 1U pushes the lower end of the lever WV backwardly to give motion to the lever XV and impression-roll, and when the drawer is fully pressed in the bracket-piece -w has passed beyond the lower end of thelever XV and the latter hangs freely, so that a second impression cannot be made by a slight movement of the drawer, and it is preferable to place the spring 72 upon the lever V at the point of contact of the lever W', so that the sudden movement of the drawer in pushing it in will not be liable to injure any of the parts.

A bell of any suitable character may be provided, so that it may be struck to indicate the operative condition ofthe apparatus and call the attention of the purchaser to the register. I have shown a bell at m, and a clapper to strike the same upon a spring connected with the finger O upon the rock-shaft O, so that the bell will be struck each time the drawer is unlatched.

There may be a small hole Z in eac-h of the air cylinders U to form a whistle as the drawer is opened and the piston passes into the cylinder, thereby indicating that the parts ofthe apparatus are receiving their proper movements.

This instrument is available in keeping an account or register of the payments or transactions indicated by the dials each time the drawer is closed.

ln addition to recording sales this machine will indicate on the tape near the figures representing the sale, by a character selected for the purpose, the salesman to whose credit the IOO IOS

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transaction belongs. Vith this object in view l place adjacent to one of the type-wheels V a marker Y, having as many letters, n timbers, or other characters as there maybe clerks or partners lusing the machine, there being a letter, number, or niark allotted to each person, and this marker is pivoted so that its face is adjacent to the types at the place where the printing' is performed, and this marker is to be turned around to bring' one mark or the other into position to be printed, according to who the person is that is making use of the machine, and to enable such person to change the marker conveniently to his own mark the handle Y is provided, or other similar device, such handle proj ecting through the case or inclosure D, which may be slotted for the reception of such handle, and provided with notches by which the handle may be held in any position to which it may beturned in bringing the desired mark or number into position to be printed from. These parts are shown separately in Figs. 7 and 8 in larger size, and may also be used for indicating the class of goods to be valued in taking stock, the characters being used arbitrarily to indicate the various lines or classes of merchandise comprising the contents of the store.

I claim as my inventionl.. The combination, with a cash-drawer and ranges of keys, of number-dre.ms and pindrums, gearing for connecting the same, and springs for revolving the drums when a pin is liberated from a key and for stopping such drum by the pin against akey, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a pin and a number-drum, of connecting-gearing' and mechan ism for rotating the drums progressively, and ranges of keys acting' with the pins to stop the number-drums in position to correspond with the key depressed, substantially as set forth.

3. rIhe combi11ation,with the number-drums and ranges ot' keys having beveled ends, of the locking-tumblers pivoted adjacent to the beveled ends of the keys and moved backwardly by t-he depression of any one key, Ithere being a rib on the locking-tumbler forming a latch to hold down the beveled end of the key that is depressed until liberated by the downward movement of the next key, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the number-dru ms and pin-drums, their connectinggearing, and actuating -spring, of ranges of key levers, lockingtumblers act-ing upon the beveled ends of the key-levers, a cash-drawer, rockerframes beneath the keys, a hook and latch for holding the cash-drawer, and a connection from the rocker-frames to the hook for j unlatching the cash-drawer when a key is depressed, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination,with the key-levers, of the locking-tumbler, lock and tripping-foot connected together and acting to hold the locking-tumbler, the rocker-frame tor acting upon the toot and bringing` the lock into action, and the hooked rod actuated by the cash-drawer For restoring the lock and tripping-foot to their normal positions when the cash-drawer has been closed, substantially as Set forth. i

6. The combination, with the cash-drawer and its hook, of a pivoted latch having a limited motion and with which the hook on the cash-drawer engages when the drawer is pushed in to the full extent, a range of keys and indicating mechanism, and a con nection therefrom to the caslrdrawer, wherebythe parts that are moved by the cashdrawer receive a full motion before thelatch engages the hook and then the cash-drawer returns to its normal position to liberate the parts that had received motion from such cash-drawer in closin g the same, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination, with the key-levers and pin-dru ms,.ot` nu mber-drn ms, gearing for connecting the same, spring-barrels for rotating the drums and gearing when t-he pins are liberated from the keys, a lever and connection to each spring-barrel for moving the lever as the spring unwinds, and a cashdrawer to act upon such levers and restore them to anormal position and wind up the springs, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination, with the pin-drums and number-drums, and the connecting-gearing, ot` ranges of key-levers for arresting' thc movement of the pin-drums, springs for g'iving' motion to the drums and gearing', a winding lever, receiving its motion from the cashdrawer, a ratchet andpawl, and mechanism extending' from the winding-lever to the ratchet-and-pawl mechanism for winding up the spring -barrels progressively, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination, with the pin-drums and number-drums andthe connecting' gear- `ing, of key-levers acting' against the pins to arrest the movements ot' the parts, spring-barrels and connecting' cords or bands to the gearing', a winding-lover acted upon by the closing of the drawer, a pulley on the winding-lever, a pawl, a cord passing from the axis of the pawl around the pulley, and a ratchet-and-pawl mechanism to which the cord is connected, whereby the winding up of the spring is performed automatically and the pawl brought into action for holding' the parts during the winding' operation, substantially as set forth.

lO. The combination, with number-drums vand pin-drums and the ranges of key-levers,

of type-wheels and tubular connections or sleeves to the gearing', whereby the typewheels are turned in harmony with the re spective number-drums, and a means for supplying a strip of paper and for printing upon the same as the cash-drawer is closed, substantially as set forth.

il. The combination, with the cash-drawer, of a brfmket-piece thereon, number-drums IOO IIO

and type-Wheels, an impression-roll, a lever` for actuating the same, and a lever between the impression-roll and the bracket-piece that is brought into action by the bracketpiece on closing the drawer to print and then alloW the impression-roll to drop, substantially as set forth.

12. The combination, with the numberdrums and connecting-gearing,of spring-barrels and connections for actuating the number-drums, Winding-levers and their connections for winding the springs automatically, cushioning-cylinders and their pistons connected with the winding-levers for controlling the speed of movement given to the parts by the springs, and a cash-drawer for giving motion to the winding-levers, substantially as set forth.

13. The combination, with the numberdrums, pin-drums, and connected gearing, of type-wheels and tubular shafts or sleeves conneotinfg the type-wheels, respectively. with the number-tru ms, an impression-roll for printing from the type-Wheels, a cash-drawer,

and levers intervening between the same and the impression-roll, substantially as set forth.

14. The combination, with the numberdrums, pin-dru ms, and ranges of key-levers, of type-wheels connected to the respective drums, an impression-roll for printing from the type-wheels, and amarker adapted to being moved to bring different marks into position for printing at the same time with the impression from the type-wheels, substantially as set forth.

15. The combination, with the cash-drawer, 'he number-drums, and key-levers, of a latch for holding the drawer, a finger for unlatching the drawer, a bell acted upon by a springhammer on the finger, and the rocker-frame below the key-levers and by which the finger is moved, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 15th day of January, 1801.

EDVIN A. DOBBINS.

Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, HAROLD SERRELL. 

